A Visit to Our Spanish Distiller
Posted 28th Jul 2014We recently visited Spain to inspect distillation facilities, and to meet with suppliers. Buying trips like these always teach us something new about the raw materials we supply, and about the processes and people involved in each case. Getting out of the office, and to sunnier climes is not bad either! Here are some photographs of the Spanish distillery where the main products processed are cypress and herbs. The cypress needs to be chopped up before distillation, and both the needles and twigs are used. Spent wood is used as fuel. Cypress essential oil has a pine-like, refreshing odour, with nuances of juniper berry, olibanum and spice, and with a sweet, almost balsamic drydown.
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- The Spanish distillery we visited. They mainly process cypress and herbs.
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- Cypress ready to be prepared for distillation.
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- Cypress needs to be chopped up before distillation.
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- Christopher Buckmaster of Equinox Aromas examining cypress.
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- The still ready for cypress distillation.
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- Spent wood is used as fuel for the still.
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- Drums of essential oil ready to be shipped.
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- Field of thyme grown for its essential oil.